Latest expert articles
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Hot topicUnderstanding and overcoming COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy
Dr Claire Davies explores reasons underlying, and methods of addressing, reluctance to receive COVID-19 vaccination
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Implementing guidelines
Bites and stings: when to prescribe an antibiotic
Dr Caroline Ward summarises recommendations from two NICE antimicrobial prescribing guidelines for insect bites and stings, and human and animal bites
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Implementing guidelines
Key learning points: NICE COVID-19—long-term effects
Dr Claire Davies distils the NICE guideline on managing the long-term effects of COVID-19 into six key learning points for primary care
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Top tips: identifying domestic abuse
Dr Vasumathy Sivarajasingam offers 10 top tips on the role of the GP in identifying and supporting patients experiencing domestic abuse
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Implementing guidelines
Obesity management requires a holistic, health-centred approach
Dr Rachel Pryke presents a summary of consensus guidance that aims to help practitioners in primary care to support patients living with obesity with weight management
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Implementing guidelines
Bacterial UTI in adult women: what does SIGN recommend?
Dr Gail Haddock unpicks Scottish guidance on the management of suspected bacterial lower urinary tract infection in non-pregnant adult women
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Implementing guidelines
GOLD COPD strategy: what’s new for 2021?
Professor David Halpin describes the key updates in the 2021 GOLD COPD report and highlights new recommendations about patients with COPD and COVID-19
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Top tips: cow’s milk protein allergy
Dr Toni Hazell shares 10 top tips on the primary care diagnosis and management of cow’s milk protein allergy in children
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Top tips: nausea and vomiting in pregnancy
Dr Samantha Robinson explores how primary care clinicians can advocate for and treat women experiencing nausea and vomiting in pregnancy
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Implementing guidelines
Diabetes in chronic kidney disease requires practical, evidence-based care
Dr Pam Brown and Dr Colin Kenny discuss recommendations from a new international guideline on diabetes management in patients with chronic kidney disease
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Top tips: managing long COVID
Dr Ashish Chaudhry and Dr Harsha Master offer nine top tips for recognising and managing long COVID-19 symptoms in primary care
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COVID-19 vaccination programme: practice pointers for primary care
Dr Claire Davies outlines some practical points and challenges for primary care involvement in the national COVID-19 vaccination campaign
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Abnormal uterine bleeding: management in COVID-19 and beyond
Dr Anne Connolly discusses how women with abnormal uterine bleeding can be managed, including when examination and investigations are required
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Top tips: sicca syndrome
Dr Aisling MacCormac provides nine top tips on managing the symptoms of sicca syndrome in primary care
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Top tips: learning disabilities and COVID-19
Dr Claire Davies offers 10 top tips for primary care on caring for patients with learning disabilities during the COVID-19 pandemic, including preparing patients for winter
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Implementing guidelines
Osteoporosis: assessing and managing patients at low, high, and very high risk
Dr David Stephens introduces a consensus guideline to assist primary care in the assessment, management, and treatment of osteoporosis
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Implementing guidelines
Interim guidance aims to reduce confusion around asthma management
Dr Sinan Eccles discusses how the interim All Wales guideline offers pragmatic advice to primary care to help address conflicts in current guidance for asthma
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Top tips: contraception and COVID-19
Dr Toni Hazell explains why seizing the opportunity to offer long-acting reversible contraception is more important now than ever
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Supporting primary care to recognise cancer in the COVID-19 era
Dr Anthony Cunliffe discusses barriers to cancer diagnosis and investigations imposed by the pandemic and how to overcome them
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Implementing guidelines
Pregnancy and rheumatic diseases: best practice and prescribing considerations
Professor Ian Giles and Professor Caroline Gordon describe best practice in the care of women of child-bearing age with inflammatory rheumatic diseases before, during, and after pregnancy
